Micah Xavier Johnson

Micah Xavier Johnson (1991-8 July 2016) was a US Army Reserve Private First Class and Afghanistan War veteran who killed five Dallas policemen on 7-8 July 2016 in response to the murders of three African-Americans in as many days by police.

Biography
Micah Xavier Johnson was born in 1991 in Mesquite, Texas, and he enlisted in the US Army Reserve in March 2009. Johnson was a carpentry and masonry specialist, and from November 2013 to July 2014 he was deployed to Afghanistan during the Afghanistan War, serving with the US 420th Engineer Brigade. Johnson was awarded the Army Achievement Medal and the NATO Medal for his service, and he returned home as a war hero. However, he grew angry at recent police shootings and the Black Lives Matter protests, with the deaths of Philandro Castile and Alton Sterling on 6 and 5 July, respectively, incensing Johnson. On the night of 7 July 2016, as protesters rallied in Dallas to speak out against police racism, Johnson fired random shots into the air to attract police. He then proceeded to ambush them, and he fought against police in a parking garage. He negotiated with police, and he told them that he was not a member of any group. Early on 8 July 2016, a robot deployed a bomb near Johnson before it was detonated, killing the shooter and ending the shootout. It was the deadliest incident for American police officers since the 9/11 attacks of 11 September 2001.